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3.2. Service Zone Concept
LevelOne Service Zones are virtual machines that has its’ own network interface, DHCP server, authentication
configuration, user pages as well as security and user policy settings.
By associating a unique VLAN Tag and SSID with a Service Zone, administrators can separate wired network and
wireless network into different logical networks isolated from one another. Users attempting to access the resources
within the Service Zone will be controlled based on the access control profile of the Service Zone, such as
authentication, security feature, wireless encryption method, traffic control, and etc.
There are nine Service Zone profiles in total, Default Service Zone and Service Zones 1 ~ 8.
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Simple network environment
For most simple internal network, such as there are just only two subnets. Using Port-Based model is an easy
and better way. In Port-Based mode (configurable in Port Location Mapping tab page), each LAN port can only
serve traffic from one Service Zone. An example of network application diagram is shown as below: one Service
Zone for Employees and one for Guests .
The switches deployed under Controller in Port-Based mode must be Layer 2 switches only.